Puzzle



Dec. 6, 1927. 1,652,115

L. B. GoETTx-:RT

PUZZLE 2 Sheets-Sheet l Filed March 22, 1926 ATTORNEYS Dec. 6, 1927.

'L. B. GOETTERT PUZZLE Filed March 22, 1926 ,l i2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Dec. 6,1927.

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l e LULAB. GOETTERT, "Granneman, WASHINGTON.

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vapplication fneafniarcph 22, 1926. serial N6. 96,613.

. This invention relatesto a puzzle 'which'Y makes use ofjnumbers for letters or lother-y .symbols' to'wo'ih out series of vwords or other 4 groupings linfan interesting' and entertaining manner.` Y

predetermined "Av further object is to Vprovidefa 'puzzle of this lcharacter. which is Iofsimple and dur@ Vable construction," entertaining and amusbodiment. of thev invention, showing thev ing in operation and easy and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

Accordingly the present invention conv.sists in the provision of a puzzle which comprises a boardhaving a plurality of seats arranged in transverse rows, all of the seats but one being designed to receive the co-operable shiftable elements in the final arrangement of the shiftable elements which n constitutes the"'solution of the puzzle, the

blank seat aifording with the other seats the necessary provision forinanipulation of the shiftable elements by which the puzzle is solved. The shiftable elements may take vthe form of balls or discs having letters and particularly pointed out in the appendedk claims, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which: Y e

, Figure 1 is a plan View showing a board and set of shiftable elements in the form of balls, the numerals of the balls being shown f v in use,

Figure 2 is a similar view showing the lettersv of the balls in use, V Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2,

-Figure 4 is a plan view of another einnumerals lin use,-

kFigure 5 is a similar view, showing'the letters in use, and i Y A Figure 6 is a detail perspective view of only the discs vor chips employed in Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawings it will be seenk that in the embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. l to 3 a board 1 1s provided and' is supported on legs 2, the board'having an upwardly extending marginal iiange 3 and being formed with openings/1 constitut` ing seats and arranged in transverse orhori` zontal and vertical or' longitudinal rows. A setfof shifta'ble elements havingvthe forni of balls y5 is `provided for co-acti'on with the seats constituted by the" openings 1. 'Asl shown in Fig. 1 the balls 5 have numerals 6 applied to one portion thereof and letters 7 applied to an opposite portion. Elcvenf balls are provided for coactionV with the twelve seats, the extra or blank seat aiford- Y ing the necessaryA means that must vbe had to permit of manipulation of the balls'or.k

shiftable elements' in accordance with the rules of the game.

'In `playing theV gaine the balls or other i shiftable elements employed are shuiiled upV and are placed inl their shuffled condition,

that is, fat'random, inthe seats of the board. e Y Y In manipulating theballs they can be moved n up or down the board between theadjacent horizontal rows or across theboard between adjacent vertical rows but they cannot be moved diagonally. The problem then is to manipulate the balls so as to cause the letters thereofto spell out predetermined words or cause the numerals on'the balls to be arranged in a numerical series.

Fig. 1 illustrates the numbers arranged in numerical series `from 1 to 11. Fig. 2 illustrates the Y balls arranged to spell kout words, that is, Iago, Slur and.Met and the vertical rows spell Ism, Ale, Gut and On` In the; form of the invention shown in Fig. 4: .the board* is designated at 10 and has 'I i theseats defined as panels 11. Each panel or seat has identifying indicia`12 and 13 which shows how the `shiftable elements 1 should be located in the final solution of the puzzle. The shiftable elements are shown forthe sake of illustration as being round chips or discs 14; having' numerals 15 applied to one face thereofy and letters 16 applied to the other face. If desirable iceA the board 1 may have adjacent its seats, let

ters and numerals indicating how the balls should be arranged to solve the puzzle. The chips or balls are preferably colored so that in the solved problem there will be rows ica of red, white and blue balls in the order named'. The interest which they game carries is enhanced by the fact that following most shulings the balls will probably be l placed in impossible Combination or order or in other Words manipulation in aoeordance with the rules of the game `cannot result in solving the problem. The balls must then be reshuled. The game is played as in the other embodiments of the invention with the exception that the .solution is indicated on the board. that the chips,` 14 vary in size and form and may be hexagonal.

I claim f 1.` A puzzle comprising a board having a plurality of openings arranged in rows, a plurality ot' balls adaliited to seat in said openings, there being one more opening than there are balls` to permit movement ol the balls for bringing them into the order desired, letter indicia upon one side of each It is to be understoodf ity of gaine pieces adapted to be arranged ball and numerical indicia on opposite Sides of each balhand letter and numeriealndieia about eaehopening eo-inoiding with that upon each side ot' the balls, the numerical indicia indicating the alphabeticalposition of the letter indicia.

2. A puzzle comprising a board, a pluralin marked rows of spaces, the spaces being one greater in number than the objects "to permit `shitting of the objects, indicia upon each side of the objects, and indicia in eah space eorreponding to the indicia upon each side of an ob V\et the pieces being varlonsly` colored, where y when correctly solved` the puzzle will present rows of different colors.

p LULA GOETTERT. 

